Just as the Empress is the epitome of the independent woman, the Shaman is the man who is in touch with his inherent powers. While this allows the Empress to strive for power and desire beyond the narrow constraints of conventional femininity, the Shaman travels on magical paths into the depths, where everything is transformed.
The eight trigrams from the ancient Chinese book of wisdom, the I Ching, represent the eight transformative phases of yin and yang. The images associated with them act like a mirror of self-knowledge. Men look and recognize their own true nature; women look and understand that men cannot be changed – they will transform themselves when the time is right.

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